Legal Opinion
Mellon Service Co. v. Touche Ross & Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided May 1, 1997No. 14-96-00129-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
In this appeal we must decide whether a visiting district judge, duly appointed to hear a case in the 333rd District Court in Houston, Harris County, Texas had the authority to hold a summary judgment hearing and grant a motion to allow a late-filed affidavit in the case while he was sitting in Galveston County for another district court. Because we conclude that the summary judgment hearing was a “proceeding” as described by article V, section 7 of the Texas Constitution, the trial court had no jurisdiction to hold the hearing at any locale other than the county seat…
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